Profiles
Creative spaces from Northland to Southland provide access to the arts for marginalised people and communities. This section profiles some of these creative spaces.
In this section
Easy access to Dunedin studio and gallery
28 October 2011 Gallery/Studio 2 is a small gallery and studio space in central Dunedin where disabled people are supported to create artworks, and exhibit and sell their work if they wish. View Easy access to Dunedin studio and gallery...
Whanganui Creative Space promotes inclusion
12 September 2011The Whanganui Creative Space, an art space for people in the community, is big on promoting inclusion where people from all walks of life are welcome. View Whanganui Creative Space promotes inclusion...
Tufuga Arts: everyone has a place in society
15 August 2011 The main activity at the Tufuga Arts Trust in South Auckland, a community-based initiative for people living with mental health illness, is a weekly art session. Facilitator Natasha Keay would like to see the trust grow to include more arts activities. View Tufuga Arts: everyone has a place in society...
Creative Spaces Aotearoa
This is the page of Creative Spaces Aotearoa (CSA), a national networking group formed after a two-day leadership development forum in Wellington in June 2011. The forum, funded by Creative New Zealand, was aimed at leaders and future leaders working in creative spaces. View Creative Spaces Aotearoa...
Having fun as stars on stage
2 May 2011
Professional dancer Georgia Bergerson founded Jorjaz Dance Crew in Palmerston North to give her sister, Jessica, and her friends an outlet for dance.
View Having fun as stars on stage...
Turning community on to the arts
11 April 2011 Turning Point Trust’s annual exhibition, which coincides with Mental Health Awareness Week in October, has turned into a regional event. Recycled Relics focuses on retro craft like knitting, embroidery and apron making. View Turning community on to the arts...
Absolutely positively Alpha Art Studio
14 February 2011 Alpha Art Studio and Gallery in Wellington buzzes with activity. Located in the creative core of the CBD, its walls overflow with artwork, and the people appear happy and friendly. View Absolutely positively Alpha Art Studio...
Stepping stones to creating art
5 January 2011 Dianne Doran is passionate about working with disabled people. An artist and the owner-operator of Kre8hope, an independent contracting service for families with experience of disability, she has joined forced with the Quarry Arts Centre in Whangarei to provide Kre8hope Stepping Stones to Art. View Stepping stones to creating art...
Kawakawa kids follow simple vision
2 November, 2010 The name might be a mouthful, but Nga Kaiwhakairo-A-Opua Trust’s philosophy and vision is simple: give the kids something to do. View Kawakawa kids follow simple vision...
Breaking down the barriers
26 October, 2010 Auckland creative space Spark Studio is trialling an innovative programme aimed at breaking down the barriers between disabled and non-disabled in a 17 week visual arts learning programme. View Breaking down the barriers...
Pablos Pioneers
5 October 2010 Fancy a night out in Wellington with some of New Zealand’s well known artists? Every year the city’s Pablos Art Studio holds its fundraising art auction. This year’s event is the fifteenth, and will feature works donated by Pablos artists and well known Kiwi artists like Dick Frizzell, Nigel Brown, Di Conway and Seraphine Pick. View Pablos Pioneers...
An integral part of contemporary art
6 September 2010 Sandz Gallery and Studio in Hamilton provides art tuition and exhibition opportunities for artists with intellectual disabilities, with a strong focus on support to become self-sufficient, independent artists. View An integral part of contemporary art...
Auckland Creative Access Network
This is the page of Auckland's Creative Access Network (CAN), a group that meets four times a year to share information and resources, and discuss issues. The members of CAN are united by a common purpose: supporting access to the arts for everyone. Arts Access Aotearoa is supporting CAN by updating this page, when required. View Auckland Creative Access Network...
Soothing benefits of stone carving
2 August 2010 A Christchurch community trust is helping disadvantaged people create beautiful works of art in one hour from blocks of stone that are millions of years old. View Soothing benefits of stone carving...
Groovy new space for Magenta
2 July 2010 Fiona Shaw “heaved a big sigh of relief” when a solution was found to the financial woes threatening the future of Nelson’s Magenta Creative Space earlier this year. View Groovy new space for Magenta...
Vincents Art Workshop: potential and ability
1 June 2010 Vincents Art Workshop is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary this year and is pulling out all the stops. Celebrations began in February with a Fringe Festival open day at the Wellington workshop and will continue until November with its Annual Group Exhibition at the St James Theatre Gallery. View Vincents Art Workshop: potential and ability...
Community Art Works: a reason to get out of bed
7 April 2010 “Expressing yourself through art is an essential part of life. You don’t have to be a fine artist to create art. If it pleases you and makes you happy then you need to do it,” says Faye Wullf, Co-ordinator of Community Art Works in Nelson. View Community Art Works: a reason to get out of bed...
King Street Artworks: driven by the artists
4 March 2010 “If someone wants to do something we’ll figure a way to do it,” says Harry Watson, one of the art tutors at King Street Artworks in Masterton. “It’s driven by the artists.” View King Street Artworks: driven by the artists...
“No barrier to creating beautiful, interesting artworks”
15 December 2009 Dudley Arthouse, a creative space enabling artists with intellectual disabilities to develop their artistic skills, is firmly established in its Lower Hutt premises after moving from Petone in early 2009. View “No barrier to creating beautiful, interesting artworks”...
Challenging perspectives of dance and disability
26 August 2009 Jolt Dance Trust in Christchurch celebrate the unique qualities of its dancers and challenges perspectives about dance and disability, enabling people with disabilities to have a creative voice. View Challenging perspectives of dance and disability...
Lower Hutt artists welcome Lounge Gallery
23 July 2009 The warm and friendly atmosphere at Take 5 & Te Whare Marama in Lower Hutt now extends to its new art gallery, Lounge Gallery, opened in June and providing opportunities for its artists to exhibit and sell their work. View Lower Hutt artists welcome Lounge Gallery...
Artsenta, the heart of Dunedin
30 June 2009 Artsenta is a place where people can be creative – whether it’s drawing, painting, crafts, creative writing, making pottery or playing music. View Artsenta, the heart of Dunedin...
A safe, creative environment
28 January 2009 Established in Whangarei in 1999 as a peer support service for mental health clients, Whau Valley Whaiora Support Trust has become a creative space providing a range of arts-based activities alongside and supported by peer and advocacy services. View A safe, creative environment...
Accessible art in Auckland
25 November 2008 “Toi tu” means to be upstanding in art and this captures the essence of Artstation toi tu’s activities. Making art accessible for all, fostering the arts and making opportunities for participation in the visual arts is what this Auckland community arts centre is all about. View Accessible art in Auckland...
The art of papermaking
8 September 2008
The Papermill is a creative space, established in Whangarei in 1989 to train people in the art of papermaking in a nurturing, supportive and educational environment. View The art of papermaking...
New kids on the block
21 July 2008 MARCO Trust moved to a fabulous new venue in the Auckland suburb of Mt Eden in June 2008. As the new kids on the block, it celebrated with a Block Party for all its friends and supporters, and to meet its new neighbours. View New kids on the block...
Innovative art education programmes
19 May 2008 Spark Studio provides a learning environment in creative expression and visual arts for people with a wide range of disabilities. Operating from a quiet, peaceful centre in Fowlds Park, St Lukes, Auckland, it draws students from as far away as Waiheke Island and the North Shore. View Innovative art education programmes...